Opinion
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 19, 2025
OK, this is my first ever letter to the editor. Anyone who knows me knows that I am never at a loss for words. And as I get older, I have also become ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 19, 2025
Politics isn’t for the faint-hearted, but the recent attacks on Sen. John Fetterman have been particularly ruthless. Fetterman, a former lieutenant go...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
May 19, 2025
HARRISBURG — It was a busy week last week on the Pennsylvania House floor. With all eyes on major legislative priorities like voting reform and mariju...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
May 19, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — One of the more remarkable aspects of the MAGA ideology is how often it fulfills the left-wing policy wish list. The latest example i...
Opinion, Сolumns
DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
May 16, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) —Penguin Presstouts its new book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” by...
Opinion, Сolumns
ANDRE BELIVEAU RealClearPennsylvania 
May 16, 2025
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has heard oral arguments about an energy tax looming over utility bills in the commonwealth: the Regional Greenhouse Ga...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 16, 2025
When I looked up DEI to understand what it was and why our country should be against it, I was really shocked. It sounds like a good thing to me. AI s...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 16, 2025
President Donald Trump celebrates controversy. He also must revel in unnecessarily gifting his political opponents issues to exploit. That would appea...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 15, 2025
Recently, the current administration indicated that they want to eliminate all funding for America’s public TV and radio stations, going as far as tak...
Opinion, Сolumns
ATHAN KOUTSIOUROUMBAS RealClearPennsylvania 
May 15, 2025
Pennsylvania’s latest national rankings are not just embarrassing — they’re a policy indictment. But for Republicans, they also offer something else: ...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 15, 2025
The Department of Government Efficiency says it has cut $165 billion of wasteful spending from the federal government, based on its self-reported numb...
Opinion, Сolumns
DEB WUETHRICH 
May 15, 2025
I am so tired! But it is a good tired. Yesterday on the road, I wanted to call it “exhaustion,” but that’s such a negative word, especially where ther...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 14, 2025
National Public Radio frequently claims that less than 1% of its funding comes from the federal government, an argument used to criticize President Do...
Opinion, Сolumns
GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
May 14, 2025
“Truth is not a left-wing value.” Sadly, Dennis Prager’s teaching is correct. He could even consider a corollary: Integrity is not a left-wing value. ...
Opinion, Сolumns
JACK YOEST The Center Square 
May 14, 2025
Nobody likes to change their mind, but great leaders know that fluid situations require observing evidence on the ground to make the best decisions. T...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 14, 2025
It is somewhat bewildering to watch the Republican Party morph into an economically left-wing party without anyone really caring. But that’s what is c...
Opinion, Сolumns
JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
May 13, 2025
BOSTON (TNS) — It’s official: Democrats have decided to become the party of protecting illegal criminal migrants and gang members — and that is their ...
Opinion, Сolumns
GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
May 13, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) —Pennsylvania'sbiggest race this election year won't be on the primary ballot. The candidates won't have political parties listed. An...
Opinion, Сolumns
PETE SHELLY, DICK GMEREK and SEAN SCHAFER 
May 13, 2025
Is there any wonder why state Sen. Gene Yaw is such an ardent supporter of skill games and Pace-O-Matic (POM), the largest distributor of these machin...
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By JAY BRADISH news@bradfordera.com 
May 19, 2025
SMETHPORT — The Tri-County Volunteer Firemen’s Association Fire School celebrated its 60th anniversary this weekend in Smethport. The highlight of the...
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May 19, 2025
Beginning this fall, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will offer its Bachelor of Science in Nursing program online to make it more convenient ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 19, 2025
OK, this is my first ever letter to the editor. Anyone who knows me knows that I am never at a loss for words. And as I get older, I have also become ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 19, 2025
Politics isn’t for the faint-hearted, but the recent attacks on Sen. John Fetterman have been particularly ruthless. Fetterman, a former lieutenant go...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
May 19, 2025
HARRISBURG — It was a busy week last week on the Pennsylvania House floor. With all eyes on major legislative priorities like voting reform and mariju...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
May 19, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — One of the more remarkable aspects of the MAGA ideology is how often it fulfills the left-wing policy wish list. The latest example i...
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